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These are the guitars so famous that their names are often household words: B. B. King s Lucille, Eric Clapton s Blackie, Stevie Ray Vaughan s First Wife, Billy F Gibbons Pearly Gates, Neil Young s Old Black, and many more. Here s the first-ever illustrated history of the actual guitars of the stars that made the music. Other best-selling guitar histories look at the rank-and-file models, but this book is unique in profiling the actual star guitars the million-dollar babies, such as the 1968 Stratocaster that Jimi Hendrix burned at Woodstock, which sold at Sotheby s auction house in 1993 for $1,300,000. Amateurs buy guitars to emulate the stars Clapton s Strat, Slash s Les Paul and this book explains the stars modifications, thus showing how others can recreate those famous tones. "show more

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GUITAR INTERNATIONAL "The first thing that grabs you about Star Guitars is the book s front cover cut out that frames the psychedelic Cream days axe of Eric Clapton, known as The Fool. Open the hardbound book and a colorful montage of album covers and posters featuring famous guitarists and their guitars gets the adrenaline pumping. Fortunately, Star Guitars delivers a page turner that s impossible to put down.""show more

About Dave Hunter

Dave Hunter is an author, musician, and journalist. He is the author of several popular books about guitars, amps, and effects, including Voyageur Press's "Star Guitars," "The Fender Stratocaster," "The Gibson Les Paul," and "365 Guitars, Amps & Effects You Must Play." A regular contributor to "Guitar Player "and "Vintage Guitar" magazines, he resides in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.Billy F. Gibbons, co-founder and lead guitarist of ZZ Top, is also a renowned guitar aficionado and collector.show more